Andrei Saitschenko

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Andrei Saitschenko
  Personal information  
Year of birth 1978
place of birth Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Moscow
Nicknames
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Crocodile dillPokerStars, Full Tilt Poker & UltimateBet

ludonutsistWPT Poker

ZayaZayaBetfair
place of residence RussiaRussia Moscow
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money 0.$ 606,924
Total prize money $ 3,549,859
World Series of Poker
Bracelets 1
Cashes 59
Best main event 17. ( 2014 )
  Main Event of the World Poker Tour  
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Cashes 2
  Main event of the European Poker Tour  
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Cashes 7th
Last updated: February 17, 2020

Andrei Saitschenko ( Russian Андрей Зайченко ; English transcription Andrey Zaichenko ; * 1978 in Moscow ) is a professional Russian poker player .

Personal

Saitschenko graduated from Lomonosov University in Moscow and then worked as a sales manager for a software company . He lives in Moscow .

Poker career

Saitschenko has been playing online since June 2007 under the nicknames Kroko-dill ( PokerStars , Full Tilt Poker and UltimateBet ) , ludonutsist (WPT Poker) and ZayaZaya ( Betfair ) . On PokerStars , he won four titles in the World Championship of Online Poker and a tournament in the Spring Championship of Online Poker . Overall, he has more than 2.5 million with online poker tournament dollars earned. Since 2007, Saitschenko has also been participating in renowned live tournaments .

Saitschenko won a tournament at the World Headsup Poker Championship in Barcelona in May 2007 and received a prize of over 30,000 euros . In mid-April 2008 he finished second at a side event of the European Poker Tour (EPT) in Monte-Carlo and secured 86,100 euros. In June 2008 Saitschenko was successful for the first time at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas and came in a total of four tournaments of the No Limit Hold'em variant , including. a. he reached a final table and earned more than $ 110,000 for seventh place. At the 2011 WSOP he finished third in the mixed variant HORSE World Championship , which was paid for with just under 250,000 US dollars. At the beginning of July 2014, Saitschenko reached the seventh day of the tournament at the WSOP main event , on which he was eliminated in 17th place, endowed with just under 350,000 US dollars. In mid-December 2014 he won the EPT High Roller in Prague and secured his biggest prize money to date of almost 500,000 euros thanks to a deal with two other players. In January 2016, he finished sixth in the high roller of the PokerStars Caribbean Adventures in the Bahamas , which was paid for around 265,000 US dollars. At the 2016 WSOP , Saitschenko prevailed in an event in 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball and secured a bracelet and a prize of just under 120,000 US dollars. In early July 2018 he was in Crazy Eights of the WSOP 2018 Fourth of more than 265,000 US dollars.

Overall, Saitschenko has earned more than 3.5 million US dollars with poker in live tournaments.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Andrei Saitschenko in the database of the Global Poker Index, accessed on February 17, 2020 (English).
  2. ↑ Zaya in the PocketFives database, accessed February 17, 2020.
  3. ↑ a b Andrei Saitschenko in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on February 17, 2020 (English).
  4. ↑ World Headsup Poker Championship 2007 (€ 1,000 No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on February 17, 2020 (English).
  5. ↑ EPT - 4 - Grand Final (€ 2,000 + 100 No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on February 17, 2020 (English).
  6. ^ Andrei Saitschenko in the database of the World Series of Poker, accessed on February 17, 2020 (English).
  7. ↑ 42nd World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2011 ($ 10,000 HORSE - Championship) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on February 17, 2020.
  8. ↑ 45th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2014 ($ 10,000 World Championship - No Limit Hold'em (Event # 65)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed February 17, 2020.
  9. ↑ EPT - 11 - Eureka - 4 - Prague (€ 10,000 + 300 # 45 No Limit Hold'em - EPT High Roller) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on February 17, 2020.
  10. ↑ PCA - 2016 ($ 25,000 # 74 No Limit Hold'em - High Roller 8-Handed) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed February 17, 2020.
  11. ↑ 47th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2016 ($ 1,500 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball (Limit) (Event # 34)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed February 17, 2020.
  12. ↑ 49th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2018 ($ 888 No Limit Hold'em - Crazy Eights (Event # 62)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on February 17, 2020.
personal data
SURNAME Saitchenko, Andrei
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Зайченко, Андрей (Russian); Zaichenko, Andrey (English spelling); Crocodile-dill (nickname); ludonutsist (nickname); ZayaZaya (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian poker player
DATE OF BIRTH 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Moscow , Soviet Union